Recall Register

1995 Audi 90: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the 1995 Audi 90. The newest campaign is 98V332000. NHTSA received the report on 23 Dec 1998. The NHTSA record gives the component Fuel System, Gasoline / Fuel Injection System. NHTSA has 18 complaints on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 98V332000, in the NHTSA record

Dealers will replace all fuel injectors.

Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

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Recall campaigns

3 campaigns, newest first. 100,500 units in total.

  1. 98V332000Received . 37,200 units.

    Fuel System, Gasoline / Fuel Injection System

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Vehicle description: passenger vehicles equipped with v6 engines. An internal seal of the fuel injector can malfunction, allowing fuel leakage in the engine compartment.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Fuel leakage in the presence of an ignition source can result in a fire.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will replace all fuel injectors.

    Report filed by VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC. Manufacturer campaign number KS. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 97V175000Received . 39,300 units.

    Air Bags / Frontal

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. The discharge of static electricity under low humidity conditions can activate the driver side air bag when the driver enters or exits the vehicle and forms an electrical circuit by touching certain areas of the steering wheel.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Activation of the air bag under these conditions can cause personal injury.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will install a ground wire on the driver side air bag.

    Report filed by VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  3. 96V017000Received . 24,000 units.

    Electrical System / Ignition / Switch

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Defective ignition switches were improperly manufactured and can cause some electrical accessories to malfunction.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Some electrical accessories, such as, turn signals, windshield wipers, lamps, power wind0ws and air conditioners can malfunction when the car is started.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will replace the ignition switch.

    Report filed by VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

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Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Complaints by component

18 complaints, 33 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

1995 Audi 90: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Electrical System14
Structure4
Engine and Engine Cooling3
Visibility2
Steering2
Service Brakes, Hydraulic2
Suspension2
Vehicle Speed Control1
Equipment1
Interior Lighting1

The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 11.

Complaints that report a crash
1
Complaints that report a fire
0
Injuries in the complaints
0
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
29 Mar 2006

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 1995 Audi 90, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2000, with 4 complaints.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19711
  2. 19851
  3. 19861
  4. 19871
  5. 19881
  6. 19892
  7. 19903
  8. 19912
  9. 19921
  10. 19932
  11. 19942
  12. 19953
  13. 19962
  14. 19971

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1995 Audi 90: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/audi/90/1995/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
15 May 2019
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC

The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1995 Audi 90?
100,500 units in 3 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Audi 90 have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 7 recall campaigns for the Audi 90, model years 1971 to 1997. 3 of them name the 1995 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1995 Audi 90 name most often?
Electrical System: 14 of 33 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1995 Audi 90 open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.